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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Farˊoh to brothers_his what occupation_your_all’s and_they_said to Farˊoh [are]_herdsm[e]n of_sheep your_servants both we as_well_as fathers_our.
OET (OET-RV) and Far’oh asked them, “What’s your occupation?”
¶ “Your servants have been shepherds for several generations,” they replied.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֶל אֶחָ֖יו
and=he/it_said Farˊoh to/towards brothers,his
Make sure that your translation of his brothers refers to Joseph’s brothers, not Pharaoh’s.
מַה מַּעֲשֵׂיכֶ֑ם
what? occupation,your_all's
Alternate translation: “What kind of work do you do?” or “What do you do for a living?”
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֗ה
and=they_said to/towards Farˊoh
Alternate translation: “They answered Pharaoh” or “One of them said”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
your=servants
See how you translated “your servants” in Gen 46:34. Alternate translation: “We, your humble servants,” or “Your Majesty we” or “Sir, we”
רֹעֵ֥ה צֹאן֙
herding_of flock_of_sheep/goats
Alternate translation: “are herdsmen,”
גַּם אֲנַ֖חְנוּ גַּם אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
also/yet we also/yet fathers,our
Alternate translation: “just as our ancestors were” or “which is the same kind of work that our forefathers did”
47:1-6 Pharaoh responded as Joseph hoped by giving Jacob’s family the best part of the land; he even gave some of the brothers oversight of his own livestock (47:6).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said Farˊoh to brothers_his what occupation_your_all’s and_they_said to Farˊoh [are]_herdsm[e]n of_sheep your_servants both we as_well_as fathers_our.
OET (OET-RV) and Far’oh asked them, “What’s your occupation?”
¶ “Your servants have been shepherds for several generations,” they replied.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.